Future of Russia in 2030
Blackboard
after discussion with Elsa based on the original system poster, she finally get a new nice system diagram draft in the below section. Hope it can catch most of our original ideas.
INTRODUCTION
By asking questions about present day Russia and looking at trends, we aim to develop 4 plausible but unconventional scenarios about Russia's future in 2030.
GROUP MEMBERS
Ankit Anand
Chih-Hou Chen
Andrei Grigorian
Mark Pospisilik
Elsa Sheng
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
- Economic Questions
- Political Questions
- Policy
- Technological Questions
- Foreign Investment Questions
- Racism in Russia
- Demographics
- Miscellaneous
LINKS
1. Putin's Russia: past imperfect, future uncertain, Dale Roy Herspring http://books.google.nl/books?hl=nl&lr=&id=4Y9_fYt9iagC&oi=fnd&pg=PR11&dq=Russia+future&ots=nvGBWNl5X6&sig=sK9ZU5Q7eIwYv1JTDj3GXtIfeSc#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Russia: continuity and change By Gerald Hinteregger, Hans-Georg Heinrich, Hans-Georg Heinrich (Univ.-Doz. Dr.) http://books.google.nl/books?id=1YGJDLpLYWEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Russia+future&lr=&source=gbs_similarbooks_s&cad=1#v=onepage&q=Russia%20future&f=false
2. http://www.plausiblefutures.com/ Just type Russia in as a keyword and it will give any related news
3. Chances for a Reset in Russian Politics "Russia in Global Affairs". № 2, April - June 2009 By Dmitry Badovsky http://eng.globalaffairs.ru/numbers/27/1274.html
4. How Russia could be more productive, McKinsey Quarterly http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Economic_Studies/Country_Reports/How_Russia_could_be_more_productive_2435
5. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) http://www.iiasa.ac.at/
6. Gapminder http://www.gapminder.org/
REFERENCE
1.http://eng.globalaffairs.ru/ A journal on foreign affairs and international relations
2.http://www.weforum.org/pdf/GCR09/GCR20092010fullreport.pdf 2009-2010 the Global Competitive Report, take a look at pg.210-pg211
3.https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html
DRIVING FORCES
Political Driving Forces
- Break down in Russo-Chinese relations
- Increasing instability in the Caucasus
- Improved the relation with the US
Societal Driving Forces
Environmental Driving Forces
Economic Driving Forces
- Increasing value of Nature Resource (Oil, Natural Gas) in Russia
- The Rise of BRIC Economies
- Poor Business Climate
- The post-Kyoto Economy of Russia